Inferno (Hardcover)

An indelible account of what World War II was like for the people who experienced it, from soldiers at the front to civilians both near and far from the fighting, to the generals and political leaders making the decisions that affected the lives of millions.

While other great histories of the war have focused primarily on generals and politicians, Inferno is unique in its portrait of everyday people--of American and British housewives, Soviet infantrymen, Indian peasants, and Luftwaffe crew. Max Hastings provides a singularly intimate account of the war. But the larger context is here, too: Hastings widens his focus to explain the geopolitics and larger strategic considerations of the war, from Hitler`s refusal to retreat in Russia until it was too late, to Stalin`s ruthlessness in using his greater population to wear down the Germans, to Churchill`s leadership in the dark days of 1940 and 1941, to Roosevelt`s steady leadership before and after the United States entered the war. Flawlessly written and bracingly opinionated and argued, Inferno is a new and essential understanding of one of the most significant events of the twentieth century.

Author:

Hastings, Max

ISBN:

9780307273598

Format:

Hardcover

Pages:

729

Publish Date:

11/01/2011

Publisher:

Alfred a Knopf Inc

Language:

English

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